Thread: Charnley forest stone

Hi, because of the credit crunch I have been relegated to buying razor stuff at car boot sales. Sometimes, I'm glad. This is just such a time.
Is this a Charnley Forest hone? It's green, very hard and pretty.
It is 6 1/2'x 1 3/4' and is in a box I'd guess at being Victorian.
Price!

I have removed this hone from it's box. It wasn't glued in, but stuck from dirt. I think the hone was 'much loved' as the underside was once the honing surface, but it had become so dished the previous owner(s) glued a wedge of pine to the dished side so the hone would be stable when up-side-down (as it is now). Looking at the shape of wear of the "dish", I would guess the hone was used for sharpening a knife or long bladed tool, not a chisle or plane. It must have taken donkies years to have worn this much.
I have "sanded" all surfaces bar the dished side clean, it is indeed a pretty piece of stone.
I have to go and get a BBQ from the garden centre this afternoon, while I'm there I'll get some coarse wet'n'dry to lap this stone.
BTW, the slurry from this stone is milky looking.

If that stone could talk it could tell some tales. Mine are green and the slurry is milky. It looks like a Charnley to me.

Cheers Jim. I don't know how on earth they managed to cause the amount of wear to the underside of such a hard stone. I can only guess that they had a particular tool that needed to be very sharp and needed sharpening often.
Here is a picture...............

Must have been popular!

Maybe someone used it with slurry to set the bevels on his chisels.

he must have been one patient man then?
Mmmm thinking about it , large glass of whisky, warm summer evening, birds twittering in the trees, lots of slurry, favourite set of chisles, should see the bottle off

double post ...

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

Its here and its much nicer than on the pic and I can't thank you enough!
Such a sweet little cutie, hehehe
Just used it on a Wacker after the Coticule and it is really great!
*dances the happy hone dance*

(The stuff on the dished back side was window caulk btw. Maybe good to remember for bouts)

Hey hey, glad you like it. I was surprised how well it worked on razors that IMO were as sharp as I'd ever want already. Not a bad stone at all.
I have tried the one I kept, thank God it does work about the same, I would have been absoluetely gutted if it didn't.
I'll keep an eye out for them in future